Pan Armenian News
TILL YEAR END ARMENIA SHOULD TAKE STEPS FOR OPENING ARMENIAN-TURKISH BORDER
13.05.2005 02:48
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ During a press conference on occasion of the 5-th
anniversary of his period of office Armenian Prime Minister Andranik
Margarian said he does not rule that at first after the opening the
Armenian-Turkish border certain hardships and problems may emerge especially
as regards the import of Turkish goods to Armenian market. In his words, an
analogous situation was created when establishing trade relations with Iran.
However within two years the problems were solved and the Armenian party
succeeded in producing the goods, which had been imported from Iran before.
The Armenian Premier noted that the trade with Turkey is carried out with
closed borders via Russia and Georgia presently. `Till the end of the year
we should try to take steps for opening the borders and establishing trade
relations with Turkey’, he said pointing out to the progress in the context
of the recent correspondence between the Armenian President and the Turkish
Prime Minister. Andranik Margarian also mentioned of the possibility of
Armenian-Turkish meetings till this autumn. `Thing are moving’, the Armenian
Premier resumed, IA Regnum reports.